After coming out of Qianqing Palace, Yuzhu led Cao Chun to Cining Palace to meet the Empress Dowager.
The Empress Dowager likes flowers, plants, rockeries and rocks, and usually stays in the Xianruo Pavilion.
After passing the notice, Yuzhu and Cao Chun entered the Xianruo Pavilion and saw Cao Yi sitting next to the Queen Mother, whispering a joke.
"I have commissioned the imperial foreman, the first-class sword-bearing guard, Yuzhu, to sincerely wish the Empress Dowager her peace." Yuzhu walked a few steps quickly and bowed down first.
"First-class male lady, servant Cao Jia, respectfully greet the Queen Mother." Cao Chun followed closely, waving the veil and squatting down to worship.
Mr. Lao Wu said good things about Yuzhu in front of the Empress Dowager.
Moreover, the Empress Dowager also knew that Lao Wu and Yuzhu were very friendly, so she treated Yuzhu as one of her own.
"Let's all get up. Come, give me a seat and serve tea." After the Queen Mother complimented her, she waved to Cao Chun with a smile and said, "Good boy, come to me and let me take a good look at you. "
Yuzhu knew in his heart that Cao Chun might not be able to understand Mongolian, so he took the initiative to take on the task of interpreting.
The Queen Mother took Cao Chun's little hand, looked at it carefully, and then said to Yuzhu with a smile: "You are a lucky and handsome Ge Rigi!"
Gerige, in Mongolian, means daughter-in-law.
Yuzhu knew well that the Empress Dowager loved Wujiwu and was particularly friendly to him because of her relationship with Lao Wu.
"Back to the Queen Mother, relying on the Emperor's grace, I got a big advantage." Yuzhu continued to speak Mongolian.
The Empress Dowager immediately became interested, leaving aside Cao Chun who did not understand Mongolian, and talked with Yuzhu about all kinds of beautiful things on the grassland.
"Oh, I want to ride a horse again, but unfortunately, the emperor won't let me." The Empress Dowager felt aggrieved.
How dare Yuzhu talk too much?
If the Empress Dowager fell off the horse, no matter how much Kangxi liked him, he would be forced to chop off his head.
Facing the Empress Dowager's hopeful gaze, Yuzhu couldn't bear it, so he came up with a good idea that was in line with the Empress Dowager's wishes and that Kangxi was very happy with.
"Emoge Eji (ancestor), why don't you ask the emperor to accompany you to Mount Wutai to relax?"
Yuzhu knew better than anyone that when Kangxi went on tour, he liked to travel under the banner of serving the Empress Dowager.
The Empress Dowager was originally a daughter of the grassland. She was used to being at home on the grassland, but she always felt that the palace was too boring.
Upon hearing Yuzhu's suggestion, the Queen Mother immediately nodded and gave instructions to the aunts and grandmothers around her.
"You all remember it. When the time comes, help me talk to the emperor."
"嗻."
This flattery, even if Yuzhu is in place!
Yuzhu thought very clearly. After all, Kangxi had a restless temper and always had to spend money to travel around.
Rather than letting others get the benefits, it would be better for Yuzhu to seek favors from the Empress Dowager.
The Empress Dowager and Yuzhu chatted happily, while Cao Yi secretly watched every move of his sister Cao Chun.
Cao Chun was originally under the Zhengbai banner of the Han army. When she was proposed to be married to Yuzhu, she was carried into Manchuria under the Zhengbai banner.
In this way, Cao Chun and his sister Cao Yi became members of the Shangsan Banners under the same command.
Cao Chun had noticed it a long time ago, and Cao Yi looked at her and smiled.
After all, they were sisters, so Cao Chun quietly responded with a toothless smile.
Cao Yi could see that Cao Chun's brows and eyes were filled with a sense of spring that could not be concealed.
Well, I slept with Yuzhu last night and tasted the pain of breaking a melon and the joy of fish and water, right?
Although Cao Chun and Cao Yi are sisters, their relationship is average.
Although the Cao family belongs to the banner of the Han army, they are still Han people at heart. The treatment of the concubines and concubines is thousands of miles apart.
When Yuzhu accompanied the Queen Mother, chatted happily, and led Cao Chun to leave, Cao Yi actually hadn't left yet.
Yuzhu's impression of Cao Yi was neither good nor bad. At most, he was just a wife and sister.
After coming out of Xianruo Pavilion, Yuzhu and Cao Chun went to visit Concubine Xiao Tong again.
It would be extremely unfilial for Yuzhu's new daughter-in-law not to come to see her aunt.
Little Concubine Tong was extremely happy when she saw Yuzhu and Cao Chun. She not only rewarded them with a lot of palace objects, but also held Cao Chun's little hand and talked about herself for a long time.
Women were whispering among themselves, and Yuzhu naturally couldn't stay in the palace to listen, so he found an excuse and went to the back garden of Jingren Palace.
Little Concubine Tong is Yuzhu's biological aunt and father, so naturally there are not so many taboos.
Yuzhu had been in the palace for a long time and knew the taboos, so he sat in the pavilion, drinking tea and enjoying the scenery.
However, what Yuzhu never expected was that Cao Yi would come.
"I've met eldest sister." Yuzhu was the person who kept the ceremony. After hearing the noise, he saw that it was Cao Yi who was coming, so he bowed his hands from a distance.
Cao Yi, however, acted as if he didn't notice Yuzhu's deliberate alienation and walked straight to him. While he was squatting down to salute, he suddenly whispered: "Be careful of Nersu, he is planning something with the Fourteenth Master."
What."
Yuzhu was slightly stunned. Isn't Nersu Cao Yi's man? What kind of trouble is she making?
Before Yuzhu could react, Cao Yi had already stood up and walked out.
Men and women are not intimate, what's more, Cao Yi is still the wife of the prince, so she should avoid suspicion.
However, Yuzhu did not ignore Cao Yi's warning and had been secretly watching every move of Nersu and Lao Shi4.
Soon, before New Year's Eve, various government offices in Beijing will be sealed.
Banner people call the beginning of the Spring Festival "Seal", and "Seal Day" means that Banner people can start preparing for the New Year.
The so-called seal day, that is to say, is the most auspicious day among the four days from the 19th to the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month calculated by Qintian monitoring.
Starting from this day, various government offices can "seal" their official seals, and private schools can also take annual holidays, which means the beginning of the Spring Festival holiday.
Generally speaking, the imperial court's sealing days were mostly concentrated on the 22nd day of the twelfth lunar month.
After the "Sealing Day", you can start preparing New Year's goods.
According to tradition, the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month can be called the first day of the New Year.
From this day on, banner people often "sacrifice the stove", and yellow sheep are the best sacrifices for people to offer sacrifices to the stove.
Ordinary bannermen could not afford the cost of a whole yellow sheep, so they mostly used stove sugar, fruits and horse fodder as sacrifices. The fodder was used by the Stove Lord to feed the horses on the road.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! On this day, some bannermen have already started setting off fireworks and firecrackers.
As soon as the firecrackers go off, the whole city of Beijing gets into the New Year mood.
On the day of sealing, other government offices in Beijing began to have holidays, but Yuzhu still led his squad to guard the palace of Qianqing.
There is no other way, everyone can take a holiday, but the imperial guards must take turns on duty as usual.
Over at the clock office, after the hour struck, Yuzhu put down the book in his hand, straightened his clothes, led his people, and began to patrol around the Qianqing Palace.
The most important thing in the palace, besides guarding against assassins, is to prevent water leaks (fires).
I heard from the old eunuch in the palace that in the 18th year of Kangxi's reign, water broke out in the Hall of Supreme Harmony and burned for five days and five nights.
As a result, Kangxi was extremely angry and hanged six officials and eunuchs who had failed in their duties.
Yuzhu knows better than anyone that the Forbidden City in the Ming Dynasty, starting from Emperor Yongle and ending with Emperor Chongzhen, suffered fires as many as forty or fifty times.
The most severe one occurred in the second year after Emperor Yongle moved the capital to Beijing. The three newly completed halls were burned to the ground, with not a single tile remaining.
Even if Yuzhu is favored again, he would not dare to be careless about cheating.
After a complete inspection, Yuzhu just returned to the check-in room, sat down and took a sip of tea, when he saw Wei Zhu coming.
"Lord Yu, Long live the Lord has given me orders to change into casual clothes and prepare to escort him." After Wei Zhu gave the oral order, he quietly winked at Yuzhu three times.
Yuzhu immediately understood that Mr. Huang was going out of the palace to play, and moreover, he was going to the third child's house.
Folks generally believe that Kangxi particularly loved the fourth child. In fact, this is a wrong understanding.
In the later years of Kangxi's life, the prince's mansion he visited most frequently was actually the third son's home.
Not to mention anything else, in the past few months when Yuzhu served as the foreman and sword-carrying guard, he had already accompanied Kangxi to Lao San's house once.
The Baylor Mansion of the third son of the emperor, Yinzhi, is located in Guanyuan, southeast of Xizhimen South Street.
When Kangxi went out incognito, he didn't like to bring too many people with him.
However, Yuzhu shoulders the important responsibility of protecting him, how dare he be careless?
The emperor has requirements, but it is really a dilemma to be safe and secure.
At this time, you can best see Yuzhu’s true ability.
Yuzhu deliberately delayed Kangxi's travel time so that the plainclothes guards sent in advance could rush to the vicinity of the official garden to control the passing people.
The news of the emperor's trip was a top secret among top secrets. Except for the guards sent out, Yuzhu dared not tell anyone.
If you don't speak strictly in front of your companion, your head will fall off sooner or later.
After Yuzhu helped Kangxi get into the carriage, Kangxi called him into the carriage and talked with him.
"Did you send someone to Lao San's place in advance again?" When Kangxi was calm, he could think of everything clearly.
Yuzhu kept smiling and said, "No matter what I do, I can't hide it from your discerning eyes."
Kangxi felt very comfortable being photographed, so he stroked his beard and smiled and said, "You just like to do a lot of things. I used to go out of the palace a lot, how could you be so troublesome?"
To serve as a bodyguard for the emperor, obedience and listening are the basic skills necessary.
There were some things that the emperor clearly didn't say, but Yuzhu had to go and take care of things quietly.
There are some things that Yuzhu cannot take seriously even if the emperor says it himself.
If it is taken seriously, if something goes wrong and the person who ends up being unable to take advantage of the situation cannot be Kangxi, it can only be Yuzhu.
When he arrived at Lao San's house, Kangxi went in directly through the side door as usual.
When going out, it is inconvenient for the guards in casual clothes to carry swords openly, so their belts are just soft swords.
"Your Majesty Yinzhi, I sincerely wish you the holy greetings of Khan Amma." The third child was just like last time, waiting outside the Chuihua Gate, waiting for the emperor of Kangxi to arrive.
"Your Majesty Sun Hongsheng, I sincerely wish you the peace of the Holy Father Khanma Dharma."
The third son's eldest son, Hong Sheng, is just eleven years old this year. This child suffered from smallpox early on, and his face was pitted like Kangxi's.
Yuzhu could tell that Kangxi didn't like Hongsheng.
Because, like his biological father, this child likes to be clever, but he does it very fake.